Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to operate a wool drier and wool press.
This unit is applicable to workers operating wool driers and wool presses in a fellmongering plant.
All work should be carried out to comply with workplace and hygiene requirements.
This unit applies to individuals who work under general supervision, exercise limited autonomy and have some accountability for their own work.
No occupational licensing, legislative or certification requirements are known to apply to this unit at the time of publication.
This unit must be delivered and assessed in the context of Australian meat processing standards and regulations.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Element | Performance criteria |
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Dry wool | 1.1 Follow start-up routine for wool drier in accordance with workplace requirements and manufacturer's specifications. 1.2 Operate wool drier to workplace and health and safety requirements and manufacturer's specifications. 1.3 Dry wool to workplace requirements. 1.4 Monitor wool for correct drying in accordance with workplace requirements. 1.5 Monitor wool flow through drier. 1.6 Perform routine maintenance and cleaning in accordance with workplace requirements and manufacturer's specifications. 1.7 Identify and explain safety hazards. 1.8 Identify and address workplace health and safety hazards. |
2. Operate wool press to bale wool | 2.1 Follow start-up procedures for wool press in accordance with workplace requirements and manufacturer's specifications. 2.2 Feed wool into wool press in accordance with work instructions. 2.3 Bale wool in accordance with workplace requirements and customer's specifications. 2.4 Monitor wool dryness in accordance with workplace requirements. 2.5 Observe fleece type and class separations in accordance with workplace requirements. 2.6 Brand, weigh and record bales in accordance with workplace requirements. |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must operate a wool drier and wool press.
The candidate must:
maintain separation of wool types and classes according to classer's instructions
monitor wool for correct drying
press wool bales to workplace requirements
operate, maintain and clean machinery for drying and pressing wool in accordance with workplace and health and safety requirements, and manufacturer's specifications
apply relevant regulatory requirements
use communication skills relevant to work instructions
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
methods and goals of storage of wool bales
purpose of drying wool
reasons for drying and baling wool according to work instructions
steps and importance of recording the details of the bale and its importance
workplace and health and safety requirements and manufacturer's specifications associated with the operation of the wool drier
relevant regulatory requirements
workplace health and safety hazards associated with operating a wool drier and a wool press, and safety procedures.
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be conducted in an operating fellmongering plant.
Competency must be demonstrated at the level of usual production.
As a minimum, the following three forms of assessment must be used:
quiz of underpinning knowledge
workplace demonstration
workplace referee or third-party report of performance over time.
Assessors must satisfy the current standards for RTOs.
Foundation Skills
Foundation Skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.